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Just like when Shelly ran out of some spices the other day and for a photo-op (they have ben hiding her) and went out shopping, not a big deal with the exception being they had to cordone off streets, pay extra police details, stop traffic, pretty much shut down an area at the cost of THOUSANDS of dollars, so Shelly could get some spices.
Obama: Family 'will stand in line like everybody else' for vaccine 2009
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Alexandrian protesters stormed a security cordone and then cordoned the security themselves lol
Notable 2011
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The lefists took over and form an ideological cordone.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Wikipedia: Some Responses to Comments: 2009
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Would Israel have blockaded the Gaza-strip just for the sake of it? was it not in response to infiltrations from gaza which inflicted death and tragedy in Israeli civilians that caused Israel to cordone off the Gaza strip?
Dear Israel: There will be no "war to the bitter end" in the Holy Land - only bitter war 2008
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Straziante davvero. il cordone ombelicale strappato è la rottura con ogni futuro possibile, il battito di ali della farfalla un sussulto di speranza.
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Mentre passeggia distrattamente, un tizio incappa in un grosso cordone rosso che pende dal cielo.
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A large crowd of UDM supporters attended the sentencing and were kept some distance from the court building by a cordone and well-armed police officers.
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A police officers puts a stake down to hold more police-tape as officers further cordone off the scene at the old ISU Dairy Farm where and ISU police officer discovered a body at approximately 8: 30 p.m. on Wednesday April 14, 2010.
Iowa State Daily 2010
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There had been concerns about the number of fish, considering that since it was a man-made lake, there were not very many areas available to cordone off for spawning fish.
Iowa State Daily 2009
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A policeman preventing the press from entering areas that were cordone off at the Cafe Del Mar exercise site of Exercise Northstar VII (Phase 1), which simulated a major terrorist assault similar to the coordinated attacks across Mumbai, India in November 2008.
TODAYonline 2009
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